Old military photos from 20 to 30 years back

SUBMAN1 · 07-16-08, 03:19 PM

Some of these pics are pretty cool.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...d.php?t=108699

-S

Platapus · 07-16-08, 08:28 PM

Most cool pix

Sailor Steve · 07-16-08, 09:13 PM

Old? Twenty to thirty years, OLD?:p

I noticed the one with the ships shows a Gearing class destroyer, but being 1988 and the bow number tell me it was sold much earlier to another navy, probably Argentina or Brazil. I also notice that we kept the ASROC box when we sold her.

Mine was taken in 1970:

I have better ones of the ship closer to us, including highlining, but unfortunately they're in storage so I can't scan them in right now.

Platapus · 07-17-08, 05:29 AM

It is a sad fact, Sailor Steve.... the 80's were a long time ago

Ancient history

Dinosaurs

We are old

Sailor Steve · 07-17-08, 08:28 AM

No, the '80s were just yesterday. I had already been married six years when the eighties arrived. I was in the navy when the Beatles broke up. I saw Sink The Bismarck and The Longest Day in the theater. I know I'm old, because I remember the sixties. The eighties aren't old.

I'm so old I hated Van Halen because they weren't like the music from my day. I remember when Kenny Loggins was the guy who played second banana to Jim Messina. I remember when the Who did their 25th Anniversary tour, in 1989, and I thought "Wow! It's been a long time! I'm getting old!"

Those who think you're getting old because you were a kid in the eighties, well, I say you're still a kid. But then, when my daughter turned 21 I complained to my dad that I was starting to feel old, and he said "Let me tell you a little secret: people in their seventies don't appreciate hearing children in their fifties whine about feeling old."

Jimbuna · 07-17-08, 10:44 AM

Some cool photos there

August · 07-17-08, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, the '80s were just yesterday. I had already been married six years when the eighties arrived. I was in the navy when the Beatles broke up. I saw Sink The Bismarck and The Longest Day in the theater. I know I'm old, because I remember the sixties. The eighties aren't old.

I'm so old I hated Van Halen because they weren't like the music from my day. I remember when Kenny Loggins was the guy who played second banana to Jim Messina. I remember when the Who did their 25th Anniversary tour, in 1989, and I thought "Wow! It's been a long time! I'm getting old!"

Those who think you're getting old because you were a kid in the eighties, well, I say you're still a kid. But then, when my daughter turned 21 I complained to my dad that I was starting to feel old, and he said "Let me tell you a little secret: people in their seventies don't appreciate hearing children in their fifties whine about feeling old."

There's so much truth in this it hurts!

geetrue · 07-17-08, 01:03 PM

The 1980's? Wow! That was a long time ago, uh?

How about the 1960's ... this was my first boat when I was 19 from April 63 to March 65.

USS Salmon SS-573: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08573.htm

Here's the USS Salmon in 1961 as a SSR radar picket boat that's why her sail was so big for the North Atlantic.

Here she is in San Francisco Bay after going through refit in 1965 ... notice she has the first passive sonar for determining ranges called PUFFS.

Salmon (SS-573) returned to San Diego on 20 December 1962 and became flagship of Submarine Flotilla 1; and, in addition to that distinction, was awarded the Golden "E" for excellence in battle efficiency for the past five consecutive years, which rated her as the leading submarine of her division. Salmon was the first submarine to earn a Golden "E" and was to better that record by winning hashmarks signifying retention of that status during 1963 and 1964.

Admiral Nitmiz himself awared us with the 5th Gold "E"

Who could ever forget the true guardians of freedom ... the USS Ethan Allen SSBN 608 class of boats. All gone now,
but the memories of 90 day patrols will always linger on from November 1966 to 1970 for three patrols.

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Old military photos from 20 to 30 years back Some of these pics are pretty cool. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...d.php?t=108699 -S __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Old? Twenty to thirty years, OLD?:p I noticed the one with the ships shows a Gearing class destroyer, but being 1988 and the bow number tell me it was sold much earlier to another navy, probably Argentina or Brazil. I also notice that we kept the ASROC box when we sold her. Mine was taken in 1970: I have better ones of the ship closer to us, including highlining, but unfortunately they're in storage so I can't scan them in right now. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is a sad fact, Sailor Steve.... the 80's were a long time ago Ancient history Dinosaurs We are old __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No, the '80s were just yesterday. I had already been married six years when the eighties arrived. I was in the navy when the Beatles broke up. I saw Sink The Bismarck and The Longest Day in the theater. I know I'm old, because I remember the sixties. The eighties aren't old. I'm so old I hated Van Halen because they weren't like the music from my day. I remember when Kenny Loggins was the guy who played second banana to Jim Messina. I remember when the Who did their 25th Anniversary tour, in 1989, and I thought "Wow! It's been a long time! I'm getting old!" Those who think you're getting old because you were a kid in the eighties, well, I say you're still a kid. But then, when my daughter turned 21 I complained to my dad that I was starting to feel old, and he said "Let me tell you a little secret: people in their seventies don't appreciate hearing children in their fifties whine about feeling old." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The 1980's? Wow! That was a long time ago, uh? How about the 1960's ... this was my first boat when I was 19 from April 63 to March 65. USS Salmon SS-573: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08573.htm Here's the USS Salmon in 1961 as a SSR radar picket boat that's why her sail was so big for the North Atlantic. Here she is in San Francisco Bay after going through refit in 1965 ... notice she has the first passive sonar for determining ranges called PUFFS. Salmon (SS-573) returned to San Diego on 20 December 1962 and became flagship of Submarine Flotilla 1; and, in addition to that distinction, was awarded the Golden "E" for excellence in battle efficiency for the past five consecutive years, which rated her as the leading submarine of her division. *Salmon* was the first submarine to earn a Golden "E" and was to better that record by winning hashmarks signifying retention of that status during 1963 and 1964. Admiral Nitmiz himself awared us with the 5th Gold "E" Who could ever forget the true guardians of freedom ... the USS Ethan Allen SSBN 608 class of boats. All gone now, but the memories of 90 day patrols will always linger on from November 1966 to 1970 for three patrols. __________________